_Montgomery Place_, east bank, among the trees. "_Annandale_," name of John Bard's place. East of this is St. Stephen's College, a training school for the ministry. _Cruger's Residence_, on Cruger's Island--once called Lower Red Hook Island. _Tivoli_, on east side, 100 miles from New York. _Glasco_, south of Tivoli on the west side. _Saugerties_, on the west side. _Idele_, property of Miss Clarkson, known as the old Chancellor Place, on east bank. _Hotel Kaaterskill_ is plainly seen from this point. * * * O would that she were here, Sure Eden's garden-plot, Did not embrace more varied charms Than this romantic spot. _George P. Morris._ * * * _Malden_, above Saugerties, on west side. _Clermont_, above Tivoli. The original Livingston manor. _West Camp_, on west side, above Malden. _Four County Island._ The "meeting point" of Dutchess, Columbia, Greene and Ulster. _Germantown_, on east side, 105 miles from New York. _Man in the Mountain._ Between Germantown and Catskill we get a fine view of the reclining giant, traced by the following outline:--the peak to the south is the _knee_; the next to the north is the _breast_; and two or three above this, the _chin_, the _nose_, and the _forehead_. _Roeliff Jansen's Kill_ meets the Hudson on east bank above what is known by the pilots as Nine Mile Tree. _Herman Livingston's Residence_, on point above. _Catskill Creek_ joins the Hudson south of Catskill. _Catskill_, 110 miles from New York. Route from this point to Catskill Mountains, via Catskill Mountain Railroad. _Prospect Park Hotel_, on west bank, north of Catskill. _Cole's Grove_, north of Catskill. Here was the residence of Thomas Cole, the artist. _Frederick E. Church's Residence._ One of the most commanding sites and finest residences, opposite Catskill. _Rodger's Island_, on the east side, where the last battle was fought between the Mohawks and the Mahicans. _Mount Merino_, two miles north of Roger's Island. _State Reformatory for Women_, on bluff south of Hudson. _Hudson_, 115 miles from New York. Promenade Hill just north of landing. _Athens_, quiet village, on the west bank. _Stockport._ On east side, four miles north of Hudson, near the mouth of Columbiaville Creek, formed by the union of the Kinderhook and Claverack Creeks. _Four-mile Point._ On west side, about 125 feet high; four miles from Hudson and four from Coxsackie. _Coxsackie._ On west side, 8 miles from Hudson. * * * For while the beautiful moon arose, And drifted the boat in the yellow beams, My soul went down the river of thought That flows in the mystic land of dreams. _Richard Henry Stoddard._ * * * _Newtown Hook_, opposite Coxsackie. The wooded point is called Prospect Grove. _Stuyvesant._ On the east side. Once called Kinderhook Landing. _Schodack Island._ On east side, about two miles above Stuyvesant. The island is about 3 miles long.